A trial for the man accused of killing a Broomfield auto repair shop employee in October is set for this week.

The trial for Lawrence Crouch, which is expected to take about five days, starts with jury selection on Monday. Judge Patrick Murphy will summon about 85 potential jurors — one of the largest pools for a Broomfield trial — because the high-profile case has attracted media attention that might make it hard to find jurors who do not have a bias in the case, according to courthouse officials. The jury will be made up of 12 members and two alternates.

Crouch's trial was originally scheduled for May, but lawyers requested more time to look over additional information related to the case.

Crouch is accused of fatally shooting Broomfield auto repair shop employee Mary McGrath. Crouch has entered a not guilty plea, even though the arrest affidavit indicates he told investigators that on Oct. 12 he killed McGrath, a former roommate, for "stress relief."

Crouch also pleaded not guilty to other charges of attempted murder, as well as attempted arson, possession of explosives or an incendiary device and crimes of violence.

Crouch is accused in the attempted murder of Amber Carr, an employee at the extended-stay motel where he lived at 7393 Jefferson Ave. in Lakewood.

He also is suspected of plotting to throw a makeshift bomb behind the motel's front desk and burn down the motel, but backed out of the plan when Carr was not at work on Oct. 12, according to an arrest affidavit.

In the arrest affidavit, Crouch told police he planned McGrath's shooting for at least a year before carrying out the act, but picked Oct. 12 because he was out of money and had nothing left to lose.

He told police he wanted to kill McGrath because she took advantage of Bob Wisdom, the owner of East of Sweden, where McGrath worked and the shooting happened.

McGrath, Crouch and Wisdom were former roommates.

Those who knew McGrath described her as kind and without a mean bone in her body.

Crouch told police he planned to kill Carr, the motel employee, because her accounting practices were "horrible."

After Crouch was arrested on Oct. 12, the Adams County Bomb Squad was called to search his car for possible explosives. Witnesses said he possibly had a bomb in his car. The bomb squad detonated an unidentified object found in the car.

Lawyers in the case have requested the Enterprise not provide live Twitter or website updates from the courtroom, and Murphy has upheld that request.

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